Question follow-through · 25139
Carpets: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Environment Agency on the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement ent
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Environment Agency on the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement ent
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
We currently have no plans to discuss the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing. Withdrawing the RPS means that us...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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